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  • MacGregor’s equipment for world’s largest zero-carbon ready Aurora-class PCTCs

    11 December 2023
    Equipment, Vessels

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been selected to supply comprehensive packages of RoRo equipment for an additional four multi-fuel and zero-carbon ready Aurora-class pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) for Höegh Autoliners. 

  • Tadek assesses floating offshore wind platforms for Marine Power Systems

    25 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    UK-based Tadek Ocean Engineering has produced a study on floating offshore wind platforms for Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS). The report evaluates tension leg platforms (TLP) long-term performance compared to semi-submersible alternatives for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT).  It includes an analysis of various aspects such as platform dimensions, assembly, and manufacturing setups, port […]

  • Toepfer, SDARI unveil methanol-capable multipurpose vessel designs

    19 April 2024
    Certification & Classification, Vessels

    Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute, part of the China State Shipbuilding Group, and German shipping company Toepfer Transport have unveiled new methanol-capable multipurpose vessel (MPP) designs.

  • One of world’s largest semi-sub rigs comes back to UK port ahead of resuming drilling gig with BP

    18 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    A giant rig has returned to the UK’s Kishorn port to prepare for its return to the drilling campaign with BP in the UK North Sea.

  • Floating solar demonstrator launches in the Canary Islands

    3 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Norwegian company Ocean Sun and its partners have launched an offshore floating solar demonstrator in La Palma, Spain. The BOOST (Bringing Offshore Ocean Sun to the global market) floating solar demonstrator uses Ocean Sun’s patented floating solar photovoltaics (FPV) technology and marks the final milestone in a comprehensive three-year-long R&D project focused on demonstrating and […]

  • Qingdao Beihai hands over final LNG-powered bulker to H-Line

    24 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Vessels

    Chinese shipbuilder Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered the third 210,000-ton LNG dual-fuel bulk carrier to South Korea’s H-Line Shipping. The Newcastlemax, named HL Trust, is the final LNG-powered bulk carrier in a series of three vessels ordered from Beihai back in 2021. Data from VesselsValue shows that the ship […]

  • TECO 2030 and partners begin work on EU-backed hydrogen-fueled passenger ship

    22 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    Norwegian cleantech company TECO 2030, together with thirteen partners from various European countries, has commenced its second EU Horizon project focused on developing, validating, and showcasing a zero-emission passenger ship fueled by hydrogen. The project named Zero Emission Adriatic Ship (ZEAS) focuses on a shift towards the safe and sustainable use of climate-neutral fuels in […]

  • NACKS wins LR approval for methanol-fueled Kamsarmax design

    13 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle to Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co Ltd (NACKS) for an 81,000 DWT Kamsarmax bulk carrier.   The design, which was unveiled with the announcement of a joint development project earlier this year, features methanol propulsion and rotor sail capability, allowing the vessel to excel in energy […]

  • CMA CGM inks methanol retrofit deal with CSSC

    31 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    French container shipping heavyweight CMA CGM and China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Co. have sealed a contract for a containership methanol dual-fuel conversion project at Beihai Shipbuilding. The deal is expected to cover 9,360 TEU vessels built around a decade ago, with the commencement of the contract set for the beginning of 2025. […]

  • Corvus Energy’s marine energy storage system wins ClassNK’s nod

    4 April 2024
    Certification & Classification, Equipment

    Norway-based energy storage company Corvus Energy has received type approval from Japanese classification society ClassNK for its marine energy storage system (ESS), Orca ESS.

  • MODEC’s SOFEC wins green light for its electric charging buoy

    13 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    SOFEC, a MODEC Group company, has been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its electric charging buoy. “As a part of SOFEC’s commitment to the energy transition and renewable energy, we are pleased to announce that ABS has awarded the newly developed electric charging buoy an AiP,” MODEC […]

  • World’s largest LNG-powered car carrier named and delivered

    17 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Earlier today SAIC Group, a prominent Chinese automotive manufacturer, officially named and commissioned the LNG dual-fuel car carrier SAIC Anji Sincerity. Constructed by CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard, the vessel, featuring 7,600 parking spaces, is exclusively built for SAIC Anji Logistics, a subsidiary of SAIC Group. Saic Motor said that SAIC Anji Sincerity stands out as the […]

  • World’s first ammonia-powered PCTCs get financial boost

    6 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Vessels

    Norwegian RoRo shipping company Höegh Autoliners has been granted substantial million-dollar funding from local government enterprise responsible for the promotion of environmentally friendly production Enova for the construction of the world’s first ammonia-powered PCTCs.

  • Thermoplastic composite pipe suitable for high-pressure hydrogen service, Strohm says

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition, Vision

    Thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) have shown exceptionally low hydrogen permeation values, demonstrating technical suitability for high-pressure hydrogen service, Dutch TCP producer Strohm reported following a TCP hydrogen testing program. Strohm recently completed an extensive six-month hydrogen testing program on its TCP at Tüv-Süd in Germany, which saw the comprehensive permeation assessment cover a range of pressures […]

  • HD Hyundai partners with 3M to insulate liquid hydrogen storage tanks

    11 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Vessels

    South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai and American multinational conglomerate 3M have signed an agreement to work on a joint research project focused on developing a high-performance vacuum insulation system for liquid hydrogen storage and transportation. The project will see 3M and HD Hyundai develop large liquid hydrogen storage tanks using a high-strength, low-density hollow glass […]

  • Hyundai Mipo completes South Korea’s first autonomous vessel

    11 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, Vessels

    South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has unveiled the country’s first pilot vessel intended for autonomous navigation.

  • Alexandroupolis FSRU arrives in Greece after almost 10-month conversion at Seatrium

    18 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Gastrade’s floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) Alexandroupolis, former 2010-built LNG carrier GasLog Chelsea, has arrived in Greece after completing an almost 10-month conversion at Seatrium shipyard in Singapore. The FSRU, which entered Keppel Shipyard in Singapore in early February 2023 for the regasification equipment to be installed, sailed away from Singapore on November 26 and entered the waters […]

  • Once sea trials are out of the way, Stena drillship going back to Guyana

    12 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    One of the drillships owned by Stena Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor, has completed its 15-year special period survey (SPS).

  • ExxonMobil strikes oil offshore Guyana with Stena drillship

    20 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    ExxonMobil has made a new oil discovery at the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, using a drillship owned by Stena Drilling.

  • ERMA FIRST wins BV approval for shore power system

    14 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Innovation, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted Approval in Principle to Greek company ERMA FIRST for its BLUE CONNECT system, a high voltage alternative maritime power solution. ERMA FIRST’s system, which can be housed in a container or provided in a stand-alone configuration, enables ships to connect with different shore power systems based on their required power. […]

  • ‘Historic first’ for Port of Savannah as Stena Provident completes methanol bunkering

    21 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Port of Savannah witnessed its first-ever methanol bunkering completed by Proman Stena Bulk’s methanol-fueled tanker Stena Provident.

  • Provaris: Fabrication of ‘world’s first’ prototype compressed hydrogen tank begins in Norway

    25 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Technology

    Following the completion of all pre-production activities, Provaris Energy has initiated the fabrication of the H2Neo prototype tank in Norway.

  • Bakker Sliedrecht integrates energy storage systems on Boskalis’ diving support vessels

    12 April 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    “We managed to limit the out-of-service time of these vessels, from arrival of the vessels up to completed sea trials and class approval, to less than 2 months for the whole ESS implementation,” said Andy Waterstreet, Project Director at Bakker Sliedrecht. 

  • Mission to Seafarers joins SSI stressing key role of seafarers in decarbonizing shipping

    16 April 2024
    Collaboration, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has welcomed The Mission to Seafarers as its newest member, further highlighting the importance of seafarers and seafarers’ rights and welfare in building a sustainable maritime industry.

  • Strohm Manager: Reusing existing pipelines for offshore hydrogen is the best solution, but…

    22 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Storage, Transition

    Reusing existing pipelines for offshore hydrogen is the best solution that can be used, however, this does come with certain challenges, according to Bart Steuten, Product Development Manager at Strohm, Dutch thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) producer. During Strohm’s presentation at The Stage at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), Steuten discussed the production […]